well, just talked to Dave at Chaffins garage. texas T parts changed their distributor to a different part number. the points are a mirror image of standard vw points, but the dist is drilled for standard points. so im going to try installing regular points and retiming.

ill check again for number tomarow but i couldnt find any anywhere on it. the distributor are not made byt bosch, theyre made in china.

if i had to keep this for longer i probably would convert it or put a mallory unit on it, but i will be restoring the stock set up in a few months and need it to hold out for a bit longer till i get the truck on the road again.

What is wrong with the points? How bad is cap and rotor? Clean the contacts in cap and the rotor and file the contacts in the points make sure the point are clean when done. Unless you have a bad condenser you should be ok.

The Texas T parts VW07 distributor is a Chinese copy of the VW009 Bosch unit. I think Bosch points, cap, condenser and rotor are the same. Ask for parts that fit 1952 - 1969 Volkswagen at any major auto part store.

You ought to carry a spare coil under your seat. The coils fail very often on tour. One fellow on the Texas T party tour lost two of them on the 2011 tour and two on the 2012 tour.

well the cap and rotor are burnt to the point that i have spark from the coil, but no spark to the plugs.

i used to have a new 12v coil and battery with no generator. it burned up points, then i swithched to an old 6v coil with generator, burned points, now ive switched coils and added a resistor and the cap and rotor are burnt up.

Ive got a Texas performance T distributor. They are out of business but maybe these numbers will help. Chaffins was good enough to provide me with the last gear known to man! Thanks Glenn. The body is a Bosch BTW... troop

BTW, so no one gets confused, Texas T (and A) Parts is Ben Hardeman's business and is still very much in business. Texas Performance T Parts, was the late Ralph Reeder's business. There was a guy who made a lot of parts and did machining for Ralph (but I can't remember his name) that had his own business name.